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Hands-On XSL: Transforming and Styling XML

Course: 549   Type: Hands-On   Duration: 3 Days
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You Will Learn How To

  • Transform XML data using Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
  • Build structured style sheets with Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) elements
  • Search and filter XML documents with XPath and XQuery
  • Design and debug XSL documents
  • Convert XML data into HTML and other document formats
  • Generate PDF files with XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO)

Course Benefits
XML is an essential tool for application developers, allowing for the interchange of data between disparate systems. To effectively integrate systems, XSL is needed for transforming and styling XML data. In this course, you learn how to exploit XSL components to manipulate and analyse XML data. You also learn how to generate HTML, PDF, SVG and other document formats.

Who Should Attend
Those interested in working with XSL. Experience with XML at the level of Course 542, "XML Comprehensive Introduction", is assumed.

Hands-on Training
Exercises throughout this course offer immediate, hands-on reinforcement of the ideas you are learning:
  • Creating and debugging XSL
  • Searching and filtering XML data with XPath
  • Applying design techniques for improved XSL documents
  • Traversing complex XML input documents
  • Mapping between element- and attribute-based document structures
  • Producing PDF files with XSL-FO
  • Querying data using XQuery

Course Content
Introduction to XSL
Benefits of XSL
  • XSL vs. DOM and SAX processing
  • Separating data and presentation layers
  • XSL capabilities
XSL components
  • New functions in XSLT 2.0
  • Creating multiple XPath expressions with XPath 2.0
  • Analysing XSL-FO
  • Input and output trees
  • XSL processors
  • Strategies for client-side and server-side applications
Creating XSLT Documents
XSLT building blocks
  • Style sheet elements
  • Template syntax
  • Calling and applying templates
  • Determining when to use Push and Pull stylesheets
Style sheet elements
  • Copying XML data
  • Handling special characters
  • XSLT conditional statements: if and choose
  • Performing repetitive operations
  • Working with XSLT variables
  • Analysing XSLT functions
Searching and Filtering with XPath
Applications of XPath
  • Querying and searching XML data
  • Mapping XPath expressions to XML data
  • XPath in XSL, XQuery and DOM
  • Filtering with XQuery
Navigating with XPath
  • XML as tree structures
  • Selecting regions of input trees
  • Traversing with the 13 axes points
Pattern matching
  • Combining location steps
  • Testing and filtering nodes
  • Leveraging XPath functions
  • Constructing complex predicates
Managing Effective XSL Design
Designing and debugging XSL
  • Defining and passing template parameters
  • Developing efficient style sheets with advanced XSL features
  • Resolving XSL limitations with language extensions and recursion
Applying XSL to Internet architectures
  • Integrating XSL into a three-tier architecture
  • Employing object-oriented design patterns with XSL
  • Creating maintainable and reusable XSL
Generating XML Output
Creating XML elements and attributes
  • Incorporating XSL elements to guarantee well-formed XML output
  • Adding validation to output documents using XML schemas
Managing text and numbers
  • Producing XML, HTML and other electronic documents
  • Outputting raw text
  • Formatting and sequencing numbers
  • Sorting and grouping output
Optimising XSL
  • Storing dictionary information with keys
  • Selecting an appropriate parser for speed and efficiency
Printing and Displaying XML
Examining XQuery with XSLT
  • The benefits of XQuery
  • Querying data with XQuery
  • Displaying data using XQuery features
Creating PDF files with XSL-FO
  • Designing layout of master pages with region, block and flow elements
  • Displaying data with lists and tables
  • Translating XSL-FO to PDF with FOP
Integrating XPath 2.0 with XSLT 2.0
  • Integrating XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 in various environments
  • Integrating across multiple data sources
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XSL: Transforming and Styling XML
Course Schedule
28 - 30 May, 2008
London
13 - 15 Aug, 2008
London
5 - 7 Nov, 2008
London
28 - 30 Jan, 2009
London

Course participants creating XSL documents to transform XML data.

£ 1,395 - Standard Tuition
Savings Plans
£ 810 - 10-Day Training Pass
£ 995 - Flex-Training Passport
£ 800 - Short Course Vouchers
£ 1,255 - Alumni Gold Tuition

 
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